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Breast cancer: Discovery of a protein linked to metastasis

07.05.2018 Health Problems

Jean-François Côté, a researcher at the Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM) and professor at Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine, studies metastasis, the leading cause of cancer-related death. Recently, his team uncovered a protein that, once deactivated, could prevent the development of metastases in an aggressive type of cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer. One in eight women will be diagnosed with […]

How a small molecule halts the spread of a toxic protein associated with Alzheimer’s progression

03.05.2018 Health Problems

Alzheimer’s disease destroys brain cells in part by promoting the formation of insoluble clumps that contain a protein called tau. Not only are these “tau aggregates” toxic for the cells that harbor them, but they also invade and destroy neighboring brain cells, or neurons, which speeds the cognitive decline associated with the Alzheimer’s. For those reasons, Alzheimer’s researchers have been […]

Breakthrough for kinesiologists studying metabolic protein

01.05.2018 Health Problems

San Francisco State University researchers have discovered a new method for testing levels of a tiny but hugely important protein—”AMPK”—in human muscle cells. “AMPK is the gas gauge that tells each cell in your body if your fuel is too low. We call it the energy sensor of the cell,” said Assistant Professor of Kinesiology Jimmy Bagley. Muscles make up […]

Protein can slow intestinal tumor growth

19.04.2018 Health Problems

A new mechanism for regulating stem cells in the intestine of fruit flies has been discovered by researchers at Stockholm University. In addition, it was discovered that a certain protein can slow the growth of tumours in intestinal tissue. A better understanding of these mechanisms can teach us more about how diseases in human intestines occur, as well as contribute […]

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